diff --git a/packaging/debian/control/control b/packaging/debian/control/control
index 58f9124..891eb2a 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control/control
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          libncurses6,
-         bash
+         bash,
+         ncompress
 Description: Modernized classic ncurses multiplayer fantasy war game
  ConquerV5 is the modernized version of the classic multiplayer fantasy war game
  originally created by Ed Barlow and Adam Bryant between 1987-1992. This version
diff --git a/packaging/debian/control/rules b/packaging/debian/control/rules
index 0cb2bd0..1d24575 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control/rules
+++ b/packaging/debian/control/rules
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 		CFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -DBSD -DPLATFORM_LINUX -DPLATFORM_UNIX -std=gnu99 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -fcommon -Wno-implicit-function-declaration" \
 		CKFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -DBSD -DPLATFORM_LINUX -DPLATFORM_UNIX -std=gnu99 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -fcommon -Wno-implicit-function-declaration"
 
+
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	# Since the Makefiles don't respect DESTDIR, we need to override the paths
 	$(MAKE) install \
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 		BINDIR="$(CURDIR)/debian/conquerv5$(BINDIR)" \
 		CHOWN="true" \
 		CHMOD="chmod"
+	# Manually install missing binaries (like conqsort)
+	install -D -m755 Auxil/conqsort  "$(CURDIR)/debian/conquerv5/usr/bin/conqsort"
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	# Clean build artifacts
diff --git a/packaging/melange/melange.yaml.template b/packaging/melange/melange.yaml.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..051476a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/melange/melange.yaml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package:
+  name: conquerv5
+  version: PLACEHOLDER_VERSION
+  epoch: 0
+  description: "Modernized classic ncurses multiplayer fantasy war game. ConquerV5 brings the 1980s Unix gaming experience to modern systems with cross-platform support."
+  url: https://github.com/vejeta/conquerv5
+  copyright:
+    - license: GPL-3.0-or-later
+      paths:
+        - "*"
+  dependencies:
+    runtime:
+      - ncurses
+      - ncurses-terminfo-base
+      - bash
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    repositories:
+      - https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
+      - https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community
+    packages:
+      - alpine-baselayout-data
+      - busybox
+      - build-base
+      - ncurses-dev
+      - make
+      - sed
+      - coreutils
+      - pkgconfig
+      - gcc
+      - libc-dev
+      - bash
+      - gawk
+      - groff
+      - groff-doc
+      - ghostscript
+      - ghostscript-fonts
+
+pipeline:
+  # Fetch local staged tarball instead of git
+  - uses: fetch
+    with:
+      uri: file:///staged/conquerv5-release.tar.gz
+      extract: true
+      expected-sha256: PLACEHOLDER_SHA256
+
+  # Custom ConquerV5 build and Makefile setup
+  - runs: |
+      echo "🗡️ Entering the battlefield… compiling ConquerV5!"
+
+
+      # Environment variables for build
+      export LOGIN="games"
+      export PREFIX="/usr"
+      export DATADIR="/usr/share/conquerv5"
+      export BINDIR="/usr/bin"
+      export MAKE="/usr/bin/make"
+
+
+
+      # Step 1: Set up main Makefile
+      cp Makefile.top Makefile
+
+      # Step 1.1: Remove previous artifacts
+      $MAKE clean
+
+      # Step 2: Generate sub-Makefiles
+      $MAKE Makefiles LOGIN="$LOGIN" PREFIX="$PREFIX" DATADIR="$DATADIR" BINDIR="$BINDIR" MAKE="/usr/bin/make"
+
+      # Step 3: Compile project
+
+      # Approach 1: Replace the entire CFLAGS line, so it can compile in ALPINE.
+
+      find . -name "Makefile" -exec sed -i '/^CFLAGS.*=.*DPLATFORM_LINUX/s/$/ -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE/' {} \;
+      $MAKE build BUILD=release LOGIN="$LOGIN" PREFIX="$PREFIX" DATADIR="$DATADIR" BINDIR="$BINDIR"
+
+      # Step 4: Manual installation respecting DESTDIR
+      mkdir -p ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/bin
+      mkdir -p ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/share/conquerv5
+
+      find . -name "conquer" -type f -executable -exec cp {} ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/bin/ \;
+      find . -name "conqrun" -type f -executable -exec cp {} ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/bin/ \;
+      find . -name "conqsort" -type f -executable -exec cp {} ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/bin/ \;
+
+      # Data files
+      cp Src/nations ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/share/conquerv5/ || true
+      cp Docs/*.doc ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/share/conquerv5/ || true
+
+      # Permissions
+      chmod 755 ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/bin/conq*
+      echo "⚔️ ConquerV5 compilation and installation complete!"
+
+  - uses: strip
diff --git a/scripts/build-melange.sh b/scripts/build-melange.sh
index 2c2ad60..44cac02 100755
--- a/scripts/build-melange.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-melange.sh
@@ -1,51 +1,67 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# ConquerV5 Melange package build script
-
 set -e
 
-# Change to repo root directory
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+echo "🏰 Sir Chapi reporting for duty… preparing the ConquerV5 build!"
 
-# Ensure we have the melange configuration
-if [ ! -f "packaging/melange/melange.yaml" ]; then
-    echo "Error: melange.yaml not found in packaging/melange/"
-    exit 1
-fi
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+VERSION=5.0
+BUILD_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/build"
+TARBALL="$BUILD_DIR/conquerv5-release.tar.gz"
+MELANGE_YAML="$BUILD_DIR/melange.yaml"
+OUT_DIR="$PWD/packages/alpine/conquerv5-${VERSION}"
+
+rm -rf "$BUILD_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+# Pack the source (content-only)
+tar -C "$REPO_ROOT/gpl-release" -czf "$TARBALL" .
+
+# Compute SHA256
+SHA256=$(sha256sum "$TARBALL" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "🔒 Calculated SHA256: $SHA256"
+
+# Generate final YAML from template
+sed -e "s/PLACEHOLDER_SHA256/$SHA256/" \
+    -e "s/PLACEHOLDER_VERSION/$VERSION/" \
+    "$REPO_ROOT/packaging/melange/melange.yaml.template" > "$MELANGE_YAML"
 
-# Create packages directory
-mkdir -p packages/alpine
-
-echo "=== Building ConquerV5 APK package with Melange ==="
-
-# Install melange if not available
-if ! command -v melange &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "Installing melange..."
-    # Using Docker with melange
-    docker run --privileged --rm \
-        -v "$PWD":/work \
-        -w /work \
-        cgr.dev/chainguard/melange build \
-        --arch=x86_64 \
-        --out-dir=/work/packages/alpine \
-        packaging/melange/melange.yaml
+# Run Melange build
+docker run --privileged --rm \
+    -v "$BUILD_DIR":/staged:ro \
+    -v "$OUT_DIR":/out \
+    cgr.dev/chainguard/melange build \
+    --arch=x86_64 \
+    --out-dir=/out \
+    /staged/$(basename "$MELANGE_YAML")
+
+# ===============================
+# 🛡️ Generate Checksums
+# ===============================
+echo "🛡️ Generating checksums for artifacts…"
+
+# Detect if running in GitHub Actions
+if [ -n "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" ]; then
+  # Safer location inside CI
+  CHECKSUM_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/checksums"
 else
-    # Use local melange installation
-    melange build \
-        --arch=x86_64 \
-        --out-dir=packages/alpine \
-        packaging/melange/melange.yaml
+  # Local builds: put checksums alongside packages
+  CHECKSUM_DIR="$OUT_DIR"
 fi
 
-echo "=== APK package built successfully! ==="
-echo "Package location: packages/alpine/"
-ls -la packages/alpine/
+mkdir -p "$CHECKSUM_DIR"
 
-# Verify the package was created
-APK_COUNT=$(find packages/alpine/ -name "*.apk" | wc -l)
-if [ "$APK_COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: No APK packages were created!"
-    exit 1
-fi
+# Generate checksums for all built APKs
+find "$OUT_DIR" -type f -name "*.apk" -exec sha256sum {} \; > "$CHECKSUM_DIR/checksums.txt"
+
+echo "✅ Checksums written to: $CHECKSUM_DIR/checksums.txt"
+
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -f "$MELANGE_YAML" "$TARBALL"
 
-echo "✅ Found $APK_COUNT APK package(s)"
-find packages/alpine/ -name "*.apk" -exec ls -lh {} \;
+echo "🏁 ConquerV5 package built successfully in $OUT_DIR"
+ls -la "$OUT_DIR"
+echo "🎉 All glory to Sir Chapi!"
diff --git a/scripts/test-alpine.sh b/scripts/test-alpine.sh
index e67e207..92ee46e 100755
--- a/scripts/test-alpine.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-alpine.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ docker run --rm -it --platform=linux/amd64 \
     -v "$ABSOLUTE_MOUNT_DIR":/work \
     alpine:latest sh -c "
   # Install dependencies and the game
-  apk add --no-cache ncurses-terminfo-base ncurses
+  apk add --no-cache ncurses-terminfo-base ncurses ncompress
   apk add --allow-untrusted /work/$APK_BASENAME
 
   # Debug what got installed